Lake Superior State University’s all-time winningest
basketball coach is in her ninth year as director of athletics at
LSSU.

Kris Dunbar ’92 has focused her attention on increasing the
number of endowed scholarships for athletics, increasing Laker Club
membership and helping Laker teams succeed on the national
collegiate stage. During her tenure, LSSU brought back men’s
varsity golf and added women’s golf, added junior varsity
men’s basketball, and helped the track and field program
increase scholarships as part of a master plan to boost enrollment
and provide services that match the interests of prospective
students. Dunbar now oversees 15 varsity sports.

Dunbar kicked off her administrative career by spearheading a
$300,000 fund-raising campaign for a new wood floor in Cooper
Gymnasium. The new floor was installed during the summer of 2007.
The outdoor tennis facility received a facelift in 2008. A Laker
Hockey Challenge Fund campaign ended in the Fall of 2013, and
several improvements to Taffy Abel Arena’s student section,
press box and video webcast capabilities took place in 2013-14. In
addition, LSSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has
become one of the most-active NCAA SAAC committees in the Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

She recently completed her three-year tenure on the NCAA
Championships Committee.

During her eight-year stint as head women’s basketball coach
and senior women’s administrator, Dunbar led the Lakers to a
154-72 record, including five straight 20-win seasons and five
straight NCAA Tournament appearances. She has more wins than any
former or current basketball coach at LSSU. Dunbar was named GLIAC
and Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year in 2002, and Women’s
Basketball Coaches Association Michigan College Coach of the Year
in 2003. She was also named the GLIAC’s top coach in 2005
after winning her fourth straight GLIAC North Division title. She
led the Lakers to GLIAC Tournament titles in 2003 and ‘04.
The Lakers reached the NCAA Midwest Regional finals in 2004.

Dunbar, ‘92 BA psychology, was a four-year starting guard and
three-year co-captain at LSSU. She totaled 812 points and 278
rebounds during her career. During her senior year, Dunbar was
ranked among the GLIAC top 10 in three-point field-goal percentage
and three-point field goals.

She earned a master’s degree in education from Elmira College
in 1997 and served as an assistant coach at LSSU in 1997-98. Dunbar
is a 1988 graduate of Sault Area High School, where she played
basketball for her father, Tim Bullock.

Dunbar and her husband, Al, have two sons, Tyler (10) and Jaylen
(8).

In 2011, Dunbar joined her father, Tim Bullock, as a member of the
Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. She is a member of the NCAA
Division II Management Council.